Purpose

To ratify the Safer Buckinghamshire Plan for
2023-26.

Buckinghamshire Council is a statutory member of the Safer
Buckinghamshire Board which is the statutory Community Safety
Partnership for Buckinghamshire.

A key responsibility of the Safer Buckinghamshire Board is to
maintain the Community Safety Plan for Buckinghamshire, based upon
the strategic assessment of crime and community safety in the
county, public engagement and other insight into crime and the
causes of crime in Buckinghamshire.

Content

The 2020-2023 Safer Buckinghamshire Strategy
ended on 31 March 2023. Following the completion of the Community
Safety Strategic Assessment and public consultation, the 2023-26
Safer Buckinghamshire Strategy had been produced ready for
publication on 15 May 2023.
 
The Crime and Disorder Act
(1998) (as revised by the Police and Justice Act 2006, and the
Policing and Crime Act 2009) placed a duty on the Safer
Buckinghamshire Board (SBB) to undertake a strategic assessment of
community safety in its area and produce a three-year community
safety strategy. The Safer Buckinghamshire Board considered the
findings and recommendations of the Strategic Assessment at its
meeting on 5th December 2022. 
 
As part of developing the
strategic priorities for the Safer Buckinghamshire Board it was
also a legislative requirement that there be public
engagement.  During September and
October, through a survey and extensive communications plan, people
in Buckinghamshire were asked what their community safety concerns
and priorities were. The survey, which included multiple choice
questions and the opportunity to make additional comments, was also
promoted to Councillors and Town and Parish Councils in
Buckinghamshire.  An analysis of the
public engagement was also presented to the Safer Buckinghamshire
Board on 5th December 2022.
 
Taking the Strategic
Assessment, the public engagement findings and other known insights
into account, the Community Safety Team developed proposed
priorities and key actions. The 5 proposed priorities, outlined in
more detail within the Safer Buckinghamshire Strategy 2023-26,
were:

·      
Neighbourhood crime

·      
Anti-social behaviour

·      
Serious
violence

·      
Violence against women and girls

·      
Exploitation of vulnerable people
 
With regard to the
next steps, the Safer Buckinghamshire Strategy would be published
on the Buckinghamshire Council website. The Safer Buckinghamshire
Board Managers would work with the relevant Priority Sponsors
to:

·      
Ensure that detailed delivery plans were
developed for the delivery of the priorities.

·      
Ensure mobilisation and delivery of the
Strategy, commissioning task and finish groups etc. as
required.

·      
Develop a dashboard that would include
delivery impact measure for the plans.
The Annual report on
the work of the Safer Buckinghamshire Board would be produced in
February/March 2024.
 
RESOLVED –
 

1)     
That the priorities and key actions for the Safer
Buckinghamshire Strategy 2023-26 be ENDORSED.

2)     
That the next steps be NOTED, which include;
i)                   
Publication of the Safer Buckinghamshire Strategy
2023-26 by 15 May 2023.
ii)                 
Development of detailed delivery plans for each
priority area.
iii)               
Development of measures to track and demonstrate
progress and impact.